UNIT 1: EVERYDAY LIFE potx

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UNIT 1: EVERYDAY LIFE
1. GRAMMAR
2. VOCABULARY
3. PRONUNCIATION
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I. GRAMMAR
1.1 Present simple tense
• STUDENT’S BOOK, PAGE 122
• Usage:
+ Describing regular event
Ex: I wake up at 5AM
+ Describing general truths and states
Ex: The Sun rises in the East and sets
in the West.
They live in Ha Noi
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I. GRAMMAR
1.2 Should/ shoudn’t
• STUDENT’S BOOK, PAGE 122
• Usage
+ to say what we think is the right thing for
people to do.
Ex: You shouldn’t drive so fast. It’s dangerous.
+ to give advice
Ex: If you want to study lots of things from your
teacher, you should prepare lesson home.
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1.3 Collocations
• A grouping or combination of words in
a sentence.
• They can be combined from
+ a verb and a noun: to make coffea,…
+ a verb and preposition: to go to
school
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1.4 Telling the time and numbers
A. THE TIME:
+ to
+ past
+ half
+ a quarter: a quarter to, a quarter past.
In daily conversation, time is mentioned
in digital form.
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1.4 Telling the time and numbers
B. NUMBERS
- A number in hundred or thousand is singular
Ex: 400: four hundred; 3,000: three thousand
But thousands of people.
- In BE we say and between hundreds or
thousands and tens:
Ex: 642: six hundred and forty two;
2,010: two thousand and ten
- In AE the and is sometimes left out.
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II. VOCABULARY
• Verbs used to talk about routines/ daily
activities
- Do everyday
Ex: I wake up at 6 o’clock/ I go to school at 7 o’clock.
- Only do at weekends
Ex: I go shopping every Saturday afternoon/ My friends
and I go to coffee shop every Sunday morning.
- Never do
Ex: I don’t eat anything for breakfast.
- Do in the evenings
Ex: I usually read books before going to bed.
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III. IPA: vowels and consonants
• STUDENT’S BOOK, PAGE 140
• Vowels: A letter, such as a, e, i, o, u, and
sometimes y in the English alphabet, that
represents a vowel.
• Consonants: A letter or character such as
p, f, r, w, and h.
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Enjoy your learning
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